CONGRESS. (THE TARIFF MEASURE.) 



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304. Fruits preserved in their o\vn juices, thirty 

 per centum ad valorem. 



3C5. Orange peel and lemon peel, preserved or 

 candied, two cents per pound. 



306. Nuts : Almonds, not shelled, five cents per 

 pound; clear almonds, shelled, seven and one half 

 cents per pound. 



307. Filberts and walnuts of all kinds, not shelled, 

 three cents per pound; shelled, six cents per pound. 



308. Peanuts or ground beans, unshellea, one cent 

 per pound ; shelled, one and one half cent per pound. 



309. Nuts of all kinds, shelled or unshelled, not 

 specially provided for in this act, one and one half 

 cents per pound, 



Meat Products. 310. Bacon and hams, five cents 

 per pound. 



311. Beef, mutton, and pork, two cents per pound. 



312. Meats of all kinds, prepared or preserved, not 

 specially provided for in this act, twenty-five per cent- 

 um ad valorem. 



313. Extract of meat, all not specially provided for 

 in this act, thirty-five cents per pound ; fluid extract 

 of meat, fifteen cents per pound ; and no separate or 

 additional duty shall be collected on such coverings 

 unless as such they are suitable and apparently de- 

 signed for use other than in the importation of meat 

 extracts. 



314. Lard, two cents per pound. 



315. Poultry, live, three cents per pound ; dressed, 

 five cents per pound. 



316. Tallow, one cent per pound ; wool grease, in- 

 cluding that known commercially as degras or brown 

 wool grease, one half of one cent per pound. 



Miscellaneous Products, 317. Chicory root, burned 

 or roasted, ground or granulated, or in rolls, or other- 

 wise prepared, and not specially provided for in this 

 act, two cents per pound. 



318. Chocolate (other than chocolate confectionery 

 and chocolate commercially known as sweetened choc- 

 olate), two cents per pound. 



319. Cocoa, prepared or manufactured, not specially 

 provided for in this act, two cents per pound. 



320. Cocoa butter or cocoa butterine, three and one 

 half cents per pound. 



321. Dandelion root and acorns prepared, and other 

 articles used as coffee, or as substitutes for coffee, not 

 specially provided for in this act, one and one half 

 cents per pound. 



Salt. 322. Salt in bags, sacks, barrels, or other 

 packages, twelve cents per one hundred pounds ; in 

 bulk, _eight cents per one hundred pounds : Provided, 

 That imported salt in bond may be used in curing 

 fish taken by vessels licensed to engage in the fisher- 

 ies and in curing fish on the shores of the navigable 

 waters of the United States, under such regulations as 

 the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe ; and 

 upon proof that the salt has been used for either of 

 the purposes stated in this proviso, the duties on the 

 same shall be remitted: Provided further, That ex- 

 porters of meats, whether packed or smoked, which 

 have been cured in the United States with imported 

 salt, shall, upon satisfactory proof, under such regula- 

 tions as the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe, 

 that such meats have been cured with imported salt, 

 have refunded to them from the Treasury the duties 

 paid on the salt so used in curing such exported 

 meats, in amounts not less than one hundred dollars. 



323. Starch, including all preparations, from what- 

 ever substance produced, fit for use as starch, two 

 cents per pound. 



324. Dextrine, burned starch, gum substitute, or 

 British gum, one and one half cent per pound. 



325. Mustard, ground or preserved, in bottles or 

 otherwise^ ten cents per pound. 



,326. Spices, ground or powdered, not specially pro- 

 vided for in this act, four cents per pound ; cayenne 

 pepper, two and one half cents per pound, unground ; 

 sage, three cents per pound. 



327. Vinegar, seven and one half cents per gallon. 



he standard for vinegar shall be taken to be that 

 strength which requires thirty-five grains of bicar- 



bonate of potash to neutralize one ounce troy of vine- 

 gar. 



328. There shall be allowed on the imported tin 

 plate used in the manufacture of cans, boxes, pack- 

 ages, and all articles of tin ware exported, either empty 

 or filled with domestic products, a drawback equal to 

 the duty paid on_ such tin plate, less one per centum 

 of such duty, which shall be retained for the use of 

 the United States. 



SCHEDULE H. SPIRITS, WINES, AND OTHER BEVER- 

 AGES. 



Spirits. 329. Brandy and other spirits manufact- 

 ured or distilled from grain or other materials, and 

 not specially provided for in this act, two dollars and 

 fifty cents per proof gallon. 



330. Each and every gauge or wine gallon of meas- 

 urement shall be counted as at least one proof gallon ; 

 and the standard for determining the proof of brandy 

 and other spirits or liquors of any kind imported 

 shall be the same as that which is defined in the laws 

 relating to internal revenue ; but any brandy or other 

 spirituous liquors, imported in casks of less capacity 

 than fourteen gallons, shall be forfeited to the United 

 States : Provided, That it shall be lawful for the Sec- 

 retary of the Treasury, in his discretion, to authorize 

 the ascertainment of the proof of wines, cordials, or 

 other liquors, by distillation or otherwise, in case 

 where it is impracticable to ascertain such proof by 

 the means prescribed by existing law or regulations. 



331. On all compounds or preparations of which 

 distilled spirits are a component part of chief value, 

 not specially provided for in this act, there shall be 

 levied a duty not less than that imposed upon dis- 

 tilled spirits. 



332. Cordials, liquors, arrack, absinthe, kirschwas- 

 ser, ratafia, and other spirituous beverages or bitters 

 of all kinds containing spirits, and not specially pro- 

 vided for in this act, two dollars and fifty cents per 

 proof gallon. 



333. No lower rate or amount of duty shall be levied, 

 collected, and paid on brandy, spirits, and other 

 spirituous beverages than that fixed by law for the 

 description of first proof; but it shall be increased in 

 proportion for any greater strength than the strength 

 of first proof, and all imitations of brandy or spirits 

 or wines imported by any names whatever shall be 

 subject to the highest rate of duty provided for the 

 genuine articles -respectively intended to be repre- 

 sented, and in DO case less than one dollar and fifty 

 cents per gallon. 



334. Bay ruin or bay water, whether distilled or 

 compounded, of first proof, and in proportion for any 

 greater strength than first proof, one dollar and fifty 

 cents per gallon. 



Wines. 335. Champagne and all other sparkling 

 wines, in bottles containing each not more than one 

 quart and more than one pint, eight dollars per dozen ; 

 containing not more than one pint each and more than 

 one half pint, four dollars per dozen ; containing one 

 half pint each or less, two dollars per dozen ; in bot- 

 tles or other vessels containing more than one Quart 

 each, in addition to eight dollars per dozen bottles, on 

 the quantity in excess of one quart, at the rate of two 

 dollars and fifty cents per gallon. 



336. Still wines, including ginger wine or ginger 

 cordial and vermuth, in casks, fifty cents per gallon ; 

 in bottles or jugs, per case of one dozen bottles or 

 jugs, containing each not more than one quart and 

 more than one" pint, or twenty-four bottles or jugs 

 containing each not more than one pint, one dollar 

 and sixty cents per case ; and any excess beyond 

 these quantities found in such bottles or jugs shall be 

 subject to a duty of five cents per pint or fractional 



Krt thereof, but no separate or additional duty shall 

 assessed on the bottles or jugs : Provided, That 

 any wines, ginger cordial, or vermuth imported con- 

 taining more than twenty -four per centum of alcohol 

 shall be forfeited to the United States : And provided 

 further, That there shall be no constructive or other 

 allowance for breakage, leakage, or damage on wines, 



